Ashoka Law For All Initiative
Ashoka Law for All Initiative (LFA) searches, selects and supports both established and young social entrepreneurs innovating to make the legal system more accessible, inclusive and effective in India. LFA is equipping such social entrepreneurs in the law and justice sector with resources and networks. These innovators (also known as Changemakers) are then making systemic changes in society with the ambition 'Everyone a changemaker' and enable long-term mindset shifts (frame change).
Our Team
Subhashish Panigrahi
Director, Law for All Initiative
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg (CC BY 4.0)
Subhashish has been a steward in the Openness movement with intersectional work in digital/human rights, and diversity and inclusion. For over a decade, He has led strategy and has implemented high-impact programs to further the multistakeholder internet governance, open knowledge, open licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER) across Asia-Pacific in many NGOs including Wikimedia Foundation, Centre for Internet & Society, Mozilla and Internet Society. As a documentary filmmaker, he has investigated India's biometrics and digital identification landscape under the Yoti Digital Identity Fellowship 2019. He has produced films for the protection of indigenous and endangered languages as a National Geographic Explorer, especially through the project OpenSpeaks that he founded. A long-time Wikipedia editor and leader in many open initiatives like Creative Commons and Mozilla, Subhashish has fostered the growth of 40,000 volunteers across 40 economies in Asia-Pacific and has designed Wikipedia Education Program and 200+ outreach programs for growth of Indian-language Wikipedias. Subhashish speaks Odia, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali and English with varied degrees of fluency.
Lengchengphi Rongui
Venture & Fellowship Lead, Law for All Initiative
Acheng leads the Venture and Fellowship for the Law For All Initiative at Ashoka. Her journey as a changemaker started from a young age by serving her community in Manipur. She was instrumental in running campaigns for women's rights as part of a tribal women's group in Ukhurl district of Manipur. Prior to joining Ashoka, Acheng worked in an organization that empowers the urban poor by enabling access to basic services, healthcare, education, and livelihoods. Inspired by her personal journey, Acheng is passionate about empowering young people to realize their full potential. She holds a Master's in Social Work and has done a PGP in Development Management from the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM 2018 batch).